Kelly Pettis-Brush will do whatever it takes to get people into her downtown Nazareth boutique -- except play music outdoors.

The owner of the 1940s-inspired All Gussied Up said Friday she will turn off the stereo outside her store in answer to complaints from neighbors.

She said she’s received positive feedback about the music at the shop she opened in June at 139 S. Main St., and during this economy any gimmick to attract customers is worth a try.

South Main Street neighbor Sheria Wells said she couldn’t study due to the music. She told borough council at a meeting earlier this month she started studying at night because it was the only time it’s quiet.

“I can hear her music all the way through my entire house,” Wells said. “It’s nothing personal, but when I am trying to study, I can’t focus. I can’t go in any part of my house to have that peace and quiet. It put me behind in my schoolwork.”

Councilman Carl Fischl, who lives next door to All Gussied Up, said he and his wife both have been disturbed by Pettis-Brush's music.

"When she would play it, it was audible in all the rooms of our house," Barbara Fischl said. "It really was over-the-top loud."

Council members referred Wells to borough code enforcement officer Dennis Huth. Pettis-Brush said Huth visited her business two weeks ago and said the decibel level was fine. Huth did not return repeated phone calls to verify that.

Nazareth police Chief Thomas Trachta has received at least two complaints about Pettis-Brush’s music, although neither complainer was willing to testify in district court on the matter. Trachta said he would cite Pettis-Brush with disorderly conduct and amplification for advertising if someone was willing to go to court.

Pettis-Brush initially played the tunes until 7 p.m. four days a week and then knocked it back to just Fridays and Saturdays. This past Friday, she said she would turn off the stereo for good.

Pettis-Brush doesn’t want to have the neighborhood turn against her.

“I just want to have a successful business in town,” Pettis-Brush said. “To me a lot of people come into my shop and say, ‘Oh my goodness, I would have never knew you would be there’ until they heard the music.”

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PREVIOUS CONTROVERSY

Council members in 2011 had amended the borough’s noise ordinance after two complaints about the Internet Cafe and Deli’s open mike night led to a disorderly conduct citation.

The revised law requires council approval for an outdoor event such as an open mike or karaoke night. The borough reinstated open mike night at the cafe as a borough-sanctioned event and spent an estimated $180 on a noise meter.

Former owner Steve Nikles has since sold the business.

“The hardest thing is you’re coming into a business with not a lot of money, you’re taking everything you have to put into the business,” Nikles said last week. “If I knew now the way I was going to be hassled, I would have moved my business to Bethlehem."